Lets Give Them a Jingle

Calling or texting can be utilized in many different situations, it just depends on the situation. Texting can be hard to have a conversation with people and really express your emotions. This is where calling comes in handy when on a call it is much easier to have a longer conversation with other people, but texting is much more private in a public setting. Wich one is best? I think it depends on the situation.

Texting makes it harder to communicate the way things are said. Similar to the way different covers of songs are done. On text, if someone says something, it isn’t known if it’s said in a dramatic, happy, or sad way. When texting someone, the other person might not open your text for hours and maybe forgot that they even got a text. For example if I asked my friend to get on American Truck Simulator (A online trucking game) at four PM, but he doesn’t respond until eleven PM, I probably will not be on the game still. This is the one biggest flaw of texting, there isnt a lot of urgency. Texting can be more private, people won’t hear what you’re talking about if it’s business it’s not a bad idea to text first. Texting can also be less intrusive to what people are doing. Texting usually can be free, but sometimes you have to pay for minutes and service for having a phone number. You can use apps like Snapchat and Instagram for texting.

Using a phone it is much easier to have long conversations with a friend. I have a friend who is really hard to text, and he is really dry over chats, but if I call him we could talk for an hour at least. This is what makes calling so nice compared to texting. And to not forget calling is definetly the go to for emergency situations of course. In my opinion when calling someone I can hash out points and ideas better than text.. But calling can be more intrusive then texting since it is a lot more urgent then a text.

Both Texting and calling can be appropriate it just depends on what circumstances. If someone is busy and someone doesn’t want to intrude, or if it is a urgent emergency or just something that is urgent. I think going forward into adulthood calling should be more appropriate since waiting for a response can be hassle when trying to get things done.

“Phone” by Shawnotron is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.